tiramichu 40 points 2 years ago

Well to be fair it does say this in the FAQ section on their product page:

Q: Which email provider(s) will Notion Mail be compatible with?

A: Notion Mail will integrate seamlessly with Google and Gmail accounts at initial launch.

I assume this is because they are using Google's APIs to access your email and just add some extra bells and whistles on top of that.

Makes it utterly worthless to me, though. I'm trying to slowly REMOVE Google and Gmail from my life, not get locked in on using it.

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Nightwish76 1 point 2 years ago

What would you recommend for this purpose? I currently use eM Client.

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tiramichu 13 points 2 years ago

I can't make any recommendations, as having a desktop or alternative email client isn't what concerns me - I just want a non-Google provider. I'm currently using Proton.

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Teanut 1 point 2 years ago

How rough was the switch? I can't imagine changing all my accounts that use my Gmail address, but I'd like to move to something else.

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tiramichu 2 points 2 years ago

I'm doing it slowly. Anything new I register with the new email, obviously. I moved over the most important things, and then everything else I switch at the point I come to use that site or service again.

I keep my gmail available in my browser on the laptop for this purpose, but have signed out from it on phone and removed the app from phone, so the friction encourages me to keep switching things over.

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mtoboggan 33 points 2 years ago

Notion is a privacy nightmare as is. No way I‘d reroute my mails over their servers. At least Notion and Google are a perfect match.

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asudox 9 points 2 years ago

Notion mail? Wasn't that Skiff mail previously?

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azalty 3 points 2 years ago

That’s funny, went from a pro privacy email host to Notion which likes to collect data from you 😵